What is happening in Gaza will be a permanent stain on the world's collective conscience. History will never forget how our government was complicit in enabling and sustaining this ongoing humanitarian disaster. We must end funding for the Netanyahu war machine.

Är individualism en bärande del av den den svenska socialdemokratiska välfärdsstaten? Söker svar i senaste numret av Tiden: tankesmedjantiden.se/tiden-magasi...

Det allra mest slående med den här grafen är dock inte dippen på slutet, utan hur den visar det normaltillstånd som varit konstant rådande hela 2000-talet Att en klar majoritet av USA:s befolkning förväntar sig att deras egna inkomster ska sjunka (förlora i köpkraft) under närmast kommande åren.

📈 Inner London: +20 pts in high-wage jobs 📉 Outer London: growth at top and bottom Dr. @katymorris.bsky.social's #Socius article shows how #OccupationalChange in London from 1991–2021 reveals stark #spatialinequality. Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...

När man diskuterar "etablissemanget" är det viktigt ha detta i åtanke. Den ekonomiska eliten är ljusår före alla andra. (Från senaste upplagan av LO:s rapport "Makteliten".)

Bli agrarhistoriker! Vi har just lyst ut en doktorandtjänst i ett VR-projekt om ekonomisk ojämlikhet i Sverige under 1500- och 1600-talen. Studien bygger på maskinläsning ("AI") av listor över hushållens förmögenhet: silver, kor, mässing, risbitare, osv...

Worktime reductions (mainly the 4-day week) are a hot topic in public debate 🔥 Do we actually work more or less than in the past❔ Which segments of the workforce work shorter and longer hours❔ What are the main diffs across countries in this regard❔ publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...

Yet another study (this time by Claudia Goldin) that uses cross-sectional data, and finds evidence for a U-shaped pattern for gender equality and fertility, even though this pattern does not exist for (almost) any country across time. www.nber.org/papers/w33311

“Every time a psychological explanation is offered for a social phenomenon, we may rest assured that explanation is false.”

From what I have understood, we have not seen a decline in partnership formation in Sweden, but important to keep monitoring these trends across age groups.

What drives social mobility over time? Arash Nekoei has received a 1,8M EUR ERC grant to uncover the patterns and drivers of mobility, inequality, and growth using unique Swedish historical data and models. 🌍 #SocialMobility #ERC www.su.se/english/news...

Blushed when I discovered that our paper on class network and attitudes is reviewed in this post. 😊

Walter Korpi passed away 🌹 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_...

Happy for this new study: @antonbandersson.bsky.social and I analyze how social networks contribute to class divides in attitudes to economic inequality from a country-comparative perspective.

New paper! 🚨 Curious how peoples’ social ties to different class positions shape their attitudes to income inequality and how this varies by country and institutional context? Check the new study by Lindh and myself. @sofi.su.se academic.oup.com/esr/advance-...

Many thanks to the organisers of the #ECSR in Barcelona for a great conference (and party!). #sociology

Room for improvement for Swedish sociology…

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher in sociology. su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

New paper! We ask whether social capital contributes to the labour market disadvantages of descendants of immigrants. Examining access to, use of, and returns to social capital, we find that it is not the main driver of disadvantage. Joint work with @rosaweber.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...

I will rerun some of my (best) tweets in this thread. (Trying to cope with deleting my X account).

Tesla workers in Sweden on strike. #industrialaction www.msn.com/sv-se/ekonom...